Kaduna State Government has debunked a media report alleging that bandits had kidnapped scores of passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna highway.
In a statement issued by the commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan described the report as false and misleading.
The statement maintained that “No such incident occurred on the highway which straddles five LGAs across Kaduna and Niger.
The commissioner opined that an excerpt from the inaccurate report with the headline ‘Bandits Abduct Travellers On Abuja-Kaduna Highway’ reads:
“Scores of travellers were abducted after bandits opened fire on motorists in Iche community, some few kilometres away from Kagarko town along the Abuja-Kaduna highway”.
The statement said contrary to the above, reports received from security agencies and the Kagarko Local Government Council indicated that armed men barricaded the Gwaje village axis of the Kagarko-Jere Road on Wednesday 5th April 2023, and kidnapped an unspecified number of occupants from two vehicles, a Volkswagen Golf Wagon (Reg No. LGT228XA) and Volkswagen Passat (Reg No. FSK556AV). The vehicles were subsequently found empty.
It said the coordinates of the scene of the incident (Gwaje village) are 9°29’34″N 7°39’18″E, which gives a location nowhere close to, or even off the Abuja-Kaduna Highway as reported.
“From available facts, the incident did not occur at Inch as reported by the media. The description which gives Kagarko town as being along the Abuja-Kaduna highway is likewise inaccurate.
“The Kaduna State Government expresses its displeasure over the misleading piece of reportage which has unfortunately gained undue traction on social media and beyond.
“The Government views inaccurate and misleading reports as a major disservice to the campaign against banditry being prosecuted by officers and men of security forces, at the risk of their very lives.
“The Kaduna State Government is following up closely with security agencies on all issues regarding security and safety of citizens”.
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